Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1974, page 11

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frat/install Board Directors servmg second term (LvFl) Mrs Gordon jGew, Mrs Philip Hushbrook, Mrs. Norman Tuck. Mrs Sam Koski, President of FWIO Mrs. Nobtitt. The Hon. Wm A Stewart, Minister AGRICULTURE AND CANADIAN INDUSTRIES Mrs. F. Watty. Convener CONSERVATION Roll Calls â€" Name a bird or ani- mal almost extinct; How could I preserve water; Why has con- , servation become so important? ' Mottoes â€" Conservation or Star- vation 7 which? Nature never spoils her work by being in a hurry: Speaker â€" Telling about a bird sanctuary in direct route of migrat- g Canada geese and ducks. «3‘3": POLLUTION r pollution tree on which each member fastened some tfem which causes pollution. Motto â€" The air we breathe is lifegiving. let us not ’ eIp to make it life-destroying. ' ' Speakers, Papers and Films 7 A TV Documentary a used to evaluate industries and their etTect on polluâ€" 'u3 {ion in Ontario: Health nurse spoke on the dangers of i. pollutants: Exhaust systems on cars and construction 1,-equipment: The many ways that waste matter is being pmcessed for building supplies and industrial pur- stvposes; Polluted lakes and rivers, I c‘ ) LABOUR AND ECONOMICS Knoll Calls 7 What value has the family farm in the (immunity? What industry would you choose for cm- )‘A loyment if you had to go out to work? Should farm- ottoes â€" ls automation stealing your job? Honest bor disgraces none. peakers and Papers 7 On Capital Gains Tax on .amily farms: Misuse of Welfare and Unemployment: Waluation Day: Comparing farm labour wages: Farm ’A'opulation and income: Advantages and dis- It? 0/ Agriculture and Food, Mrs. Wm. A Stewan, Mrs. Shirley Bird. Mrs. Peter Timrmns. Mrs Austin Rumble. Mrs Catt/m Carmrchae/ advantages of a Trust Company over a Bank: The Crop Insurance Commission; Panel ClISL‘USMUFI "Women in Industry." CONSUMER INTEREST (quality controls) Roll Calls 7 An experience I had from a misleading ad: My pet peeve while doing my grocer} shopping; A TV commercial that insults your intelligence. Motto 7 Spend 11 thought before you spend a penny. Speakers â€" Consumers’ Affairs; The Metric System. RURAL LIVING Roll Calls 7 An idea to foster love for rural living: What can we do to keep our young people on the farm? Why I stay on the farm. Speakers, Films and Papers 7 Is this our land'.‘ Con- cerned about Americans buying and owning so much ot'Canada: Mineral and oil wealth; Land use: The ex- ploration for ml in Northern Canada as well as olT shore drillings along the coast: Man and Resources News letters. PRODUCTION AND MARKETING METHODS Roll Calls 7 Name a product we would lack if the farmer never came back; My opinion of marketing methods: An invention developed by a Canadian. Mottoes 7 If [I wasn‘t for agriculture 7 what would the cin man do? The farmer is the food factor} 01‘ the nation: The wealth IS in the soil. Speakers and Papers 7 Meat replaced by vegetables. Building plastic dome houses: Native peoples 7 The Canadian Indian, our first agriculturist; Buying freezer beef and new beefgrading system; Deer hides and am- lers used by Indians in their crafts which are made for tourist trade. Questionnaire from F.W.I.C. Convener was mailed to all Areas early in August. ll

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